Jasper Knight (1930–1979) was an American chess grand master and a KGB spy, operating during the late Cold War as part of Janus' spyring. Knight's most notable action was the assassination of a defecting Soviet ambassador, fleeing to Cuba soon afterward. Knight met his KGB contact, Lieutenant Colonel Cilas Netzke, at a remote airfield before plans were made to flee to the Soviet Union.
Unbeknownst to him, the CIA issued a contract on Knight through the ICA, who sent Erich Soders to eliminate him. Soders assassinated Knight masterfully via ejector seat. It would eventually be recreated as the final test for new agents, including the eventual Agent 47.
Background[]
Early life[]
Knight was born in 1930 in Boston, Massachusetts. He was extremely skilled in the game of chess, and eventually became a grand master. At some point, Knight was recruited by the KGB at a new U.S-based spy school by the legendary Janus and served as a sleeper agent.
Eventually, Janus tasked him with eliminating a Soviet ambassador to the U.S, as he was showing signs of defection. Knight invited the ambassador to a game of chess, though he coated his opponent's pieces in ricin. Knight was defeated in the match with an unorthodox move, but soon after, the Soviet ambassador collapsed dead from the poison.
Outplayed[]
Following the assassination, Knight fled to a remote airfield in Cuba to catch a flight on a fighter jet to the Soviet Union. He demanded that his girlfriend come with him, and attempted to blackmail the KGB into bringing her, as well. If they did not, he would defect to the CIA and inform them of the sleeper agents posted in America. Knight stayed at the airfield while he awaited news from Moscow about his demands.
Janus answered Knight's unreasonsble demands by orchestrating his assassination. An anonymous tip was sent to the CIA, who contracted the ICA to kill Knight for the ambassador's murder. The ICA dispatched Erich Soders, a veteran agent, to accomplish this task. Soders made his way to the remote airfield, and infiltrated the air base while disguised as a mechanic. He proceeded to rig the ejector seat to activate without deploying the parachute.
Knight was escorted by a disguised Soders to the fighter jet. Soders walked him through safety procedures on the fighter jet, before telling him to activate the ejector seat. Knight was immediately ejected, rocketing into the sky and crushed upon impact. Due to the circumstances of his death, it was pronounced a freak accident among Soviet officials.
Legacy[]
Soders received high commendation for Knight's death, and the assassination was used as a final test for entrant ICA agents. In 1999, 47 would participate in this test, though the now-Training Director Soders increased the difficulty immensely, due to his dislike of 47's perfection.
However, 47 would succeed and even outdo Soders in recreating this killing of Knight, though Knight's actor's ejector seat had a parachute. This cemented 47 as a fully-fledged ICA agent, much to the chagrin of Soders.